Language Change

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1 - Scan List

  • lexis

  • semantics

  • register

  • grammar

  • syntax

  • morphology

  • orthography

  • graphology

  • word formation

  • historical constructions


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2 - Language Levels

  • lexis

  • semantics

  • register

  • grammar

  • syntax

  • morphology

  • orthography

  • graphology

  • phonology


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3 - Word Formation Processes

  • compounding

  • borrowing

  • blending

  • acronym

  • conversion

  • backformation

  • derivation

  • inflection

  • telescoping/coalescence


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4 - Corpus/Collocates/N-Grams

  • corpus

  • collocates

  • N-grams


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5 - High Value Language Change History

  • the printing press

  • the Great Vowel Shift

  • the English Bible

  • Shakespeare

  • the dictionary

  • the Industrial Revolution

  • the British Empire


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6 - Language Change Theories

  • Functional Theory - Halliday

  • Lexical Gap Theory

  • Cultural Transmission Theory

  • Random Fluctuation Theory - Hockett

  • Substratum Theory

  • Wave Model

  • Tree Model

  • S-curve - Chen


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7 - Paragraph Formula

  • evidence

  • term

  • change

  • B/C

  • explanation

  • context/history if useful


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8 - Final Check

  • scan

  • classify

  • compare

  • explain

  • theory if needed